SPIE Hires Strategist

The former senior director of central research, development and engineering at Portland, Ore.-based Electro Scientific Industries (ESI), Hainsey has more than 20 years of experience in product development for semiconductor processing and laser micromachining applications. At ESI, he led the development of laser and optics technologies for laser micromachining applications. He has also conducted joint research with universities and centers of excellence in the US, Canada, China and Europe.

Hainsey is named as an inventor on 11 patents and has published 14 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings papers. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from Carnegie Mellon University.

The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...